Dividend Income – August 2021 update
Wow, can you believe it’s already September 2021 and it’s time for another school year? Where did the time go? Since the Vancouver rainy season will soon be upon us, we have been trying to …
ETF Investing
Index ETF investing, the other pillar of investing strategy that we deploy. Index ETF investing essentially tracks the different market indices. When market goes up, index ETFs go up; when market goes up, index ETFs go up. A simple and straightforward investing strategy.
Dividend Income & Financial Independence Journey – July 2021 Update
Summer time in Vancouver typically means temperatures in the mid to high 20s and an extended period of nothing but the sun. The weather in July was exactly like that. We had nothing but sun …
Re-examine our $115k dividend stock transactions in 2020
Back in January, I reviewed our 2020 dividend stock transactions and determined the winners and losers of our trades. I disclosed our average cost basis and the good and bad moves we made throughout last …
2021 Goals and Resolutions – Q2 Update
Can you believe 2021 is already half over? With the warmer, sunnier summer weather here in Vancouver, we are spending a lot of time outside, especially in our backyard garden. The warmer sunnier weather also …
Our early withdrawal strategies – How to keep more money
As many of you know, we have been busy adding new capital and buying dividend paying stocks over the last few years. During the COVID-19-caused short recession last year, our portfolio was down as much …
Dividend Income – June 2021 Update
It’s time for our monthly dividend income update. For those of you that are new, we plan to live off dividends when we are financially independent. While it would be amazing to receive $360k in …
Does market timing work? Absolutely but with a catch!
Many people think that market timing works and believe that they can time the market bottom and market top. Does market timing work? I don’t know because I can’t predict the future. Will the market …